Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.5 Kernel Framebuffer Problems | From | Matthew Hall <> | Date | 02 Apr 2003 12:18:22 +0100 |
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On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 19:31, mtangolics@rcn.com wrote: > I've had a couple of problems with framebuffer console, when > compiling several different versions of the 2.5 kernel. I > included all the FB support, but when I boot up using, LILO > option, vga=791 or anything about normal, the screen either > goes black, and the system stops responding or the entire > screen becomes scrambled. I have an NVidia Geforce4 video > card if that matters. I've talked to a couple other users > who have encountered the same problem. It's most likely just > a stupid mistake on my part, but any help would be extremely > appreciated.
What does your lilo.conf line for 2.5 look like? You may need to append some video information, eg.
append="video=rivafb,xres:1024,yres:768,bpp:8"
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